AMS in children
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 5:50 pm
Hi,
I was wondering... My kids tend to have AMS symptoms especially when they were younger. At lease that's one of my theories. My older boy, now 10, used have symptoms on the first night at 8-9000k elevation when he was younger, but no longer has the issue even at 10k+. My duaughter on the other hand vomitted a few times on the first day of hiking to Little Lakes Valley (after sleeping well at Rock Creek Lake the day before) last year.
My google search yields no such findings in increased AMS in younger children. BTW my wife is more likely to be effected by AMS than most... Perhaps it's lack of hydration as neither my wife nor daughter is water drinker. I mean they tend to drink very little of it.
I am contemplating on this since we are planning on another easy 10K elevation backpacking in couple of weeks and wondering if I should take a chance with my daughter and have her suffer a bit on the first day, or find another destination at a lower elevation. We do not have an extra day to acclimatize. But then, if my son's case holds true, she might just be ok....
BTW the possible destinations so far are 20 lakes or Sabrina basin. BTWBTW neither will allow any fires I presume, right?
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Dennis
I was wondering... My kids tend to have AMS symptoms especially when they were younger. At lease that's one of my theories. My older boy, now 10, used have symptoms on the first night at 8-9000k elevation when he was younger, but no longer has the issue even at 10k+. My duaughter on the other hand vomitted a few times on the first day of hiking to Little Lakes Valley (after sleeping well at Rock Creek Lake the day before) last year.
My google search yields no such findings in increased AMS in younger children. BTW my wife is more likely to be effected by AMS than most... Perhaps it's lack of hydration as neither my wife nor daughter is water drinker. I mean they tend to drink very little of it.
I am contemplating on this since we are planning on another easy 10K elevation backpacking in couple of weeks and wondering if I should take a chance with my daughter and have her suffer a bit on the first day, or find another destination at a lower elevation. We do not have an extra day to acclimatize. But then, if my son's case holds true, she might just be ok....
BTW the possible destinations so far are 20 lakes or Sabrina basin. BTWBTW neither will allow any fires I presume, right?
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Dennis